Article:		Checkmate XML
Subject:		XML for chess
Date:		2004-08-29 16:14:35
From:		KymFarnik
Response to: XMl for chess
Oh... http://scid.sourceforge.net is a GPL tool to handle PGN (and is a great database for chess games). Also: WinBoard/Xboard http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html

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• XML for chess
  2004-09-01 16:06:09 oreilly@greggriffiths.org [Reply]
  
  I agree that PGN is a very good format for computer systems, it is not really suited for use with XML, although many apps - including mine - use XML formats for data transfer.

  
  XML is a common data standard, so converting PGN / whatever to an XML format will make it easier for non PGN gurus who are building applications for Chess to have a better grasp on the data file.

  
  One of the reasons I did not use PGN and opted for XML is that my Javascript based app can easily read an XML file, but any other format is a lot more complex.